Yeosuana
| Yeosuana aromativorans | |
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| Genus: | Yeosuana Kwon et al. 2006 |
| Species: | Y. aromativorans |
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| Yeosuana aromativorans Kwon et al. 2006 | |
Yeosuana aromativorans is a species of non-motile aerobic marine bacterium that can degrade benzopyrene. It was first isolated from Gwangyang Bay and forms yellow-brown colonies requiring chlorides of both magnesium and calcium.[1]
References
- ^ K.K. Kwon; H.-S. Lee; H.-B. Jung; J.-H. Kang & S.-J. Kim (2006). "Yeosuana aromativorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic marine bacterium belonging to the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from estuarine sediment of the South Sea, Korea". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 56 (Pt 4): 727–732. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64073-0. PMID 16585684.